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Banjul, 15 March 2018 IHRDA is inviting interested and qualified lawyers and civil society actors to apply to participate in a workshop on litigating transitional justice cases in the African human rights system. The workshop is expected to take place from 19 – 21 September 2018 in Kampala, Uganda. Participants will be trained on litigating […]

Banjul, 11 October 2017 Gambian lawyers interested in the litigation training on freedom of expression to be organised by Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) and the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA), are reminded that the deadline for application is end of this week. The litigation training will be held in Banjul from […]

23 March 2017 IHRDA and local partner LEDAP are organizing a training workshop in Nigeria from 22-23 March 2017 on advancing women’s rights using international legal instruments. The workshop brings together about 30 lawyers and women’s rights CSOs. It seeks to equip participants with knowledge and skills on the use of international human rights instruments, […]

For the first time, an Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights will be covered on the Internet social media. During the 50th Ordinary Session, which coincides with the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, IHRDA will be on Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin […]

The Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI) and IHRDA organised a workshop for National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in North and West Africa on regional human rights mechanisms. The workshop, held from September 27 to 28, 2010 in Dakar, Senegal, brought together twenty five (25) participants from various NHRIs in North and West […]

Banjul, The Gambia. 26th to 28th June 2006 Open Society Institute’s Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP), Partnership Africa Canada (PAC), Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) and IHRDA organised a three day workshop prior to the July 2006 African Union Summit in Banjul, The Gambia, to provide an opportunity for African stakeholders involved in […]